Do No Harm Obligation Invoked By Engineer A Route Recommendation
P · Principle
Individual
http://proethica.org/ontology/case/123#Do_No_Harm_Obligation_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Route_Recommendation
Properties
Instance of
DoNoHarmObligationinProfessionalEngineeringServices
http://proethica.org/ontology/intermediate#DoNoHarmObligationinProfessionalEngineeringServices
Applied to
Evaluation of harm to farmhouse owner from shortest route selection
Route recommendation to state client
Balancing with
Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits
Public Welfare Paramount (transportation efficiency dimension)
Concrete expression
Engineer A must identify and present route alternatives that avoid or minimize harm to the farmhouse owner and historic property before recommending the shortest route that would require condemnation of an unwilling seller's 100-year-old family property, recognizing that causing unnecessary harm through professional recommendations violates the engineer's core ethical obligation
Confidence
0.9
Importance
high
Interpretation
The farmhouse owner's clear and expressed unwillingness to sell creates a heightened harm consideration — condemnation of an unwilling seller's historic family property causes significant human harm beyond mere financial compensation. Engineer A's do-no-harm obligation requires presenting alternatives that avoid this harm before recommending the harm-causing option
Invoked by
Engineer A Route Selection Design Engineer
Tension resolution
Do no harm requires Engineer A to present harm-avoiding alternatives; it does not prohibit recommending the shortest route if the state determines the public benefit justifies the harm, but requires that the harm be fully disclosed and alternatives presented
Source Evidence
Source text
the family has no interest in selling the farmhouse to the state or to anyone else. Engineer A is aware that the option exists for the state to exercise eminent domain and condemn the farmhouse and allow the state to proceed with the design and construction of the new route between the two towns.
Text references
Engineer A is aware that the option exists for the state to exercise eminent domain and condemn the farmhouse
the family has no interest in selling the farmhouse to the state or to anyone else
the state would be required to address the impact to a historic family farmhouse that has existed for over 100 years on the land required for the route
TTL
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case123:Do_No_Harm_Obligation_Invoked_By_Engineer_A_Route_Recommendation a proeth:DoNoHarmObligationinProfessionalEngineeringServices,
owl:NamedIndividual ;
rdfs:label "Do No Harm Obligation Invoked By Engineer A Route Recommendation" ;
proeth:appliedto "Evaluation of harm to farmhouse owner from shortest route selection",
"Route recommendation to state client" ;
proeth:balancingwith "Faithful Agent Obligation Within Ethical Limits",
"Public Welfare Paramount (transportation efficiency dimension)" ;
proeth:conceptCategory "Principle" ;
proeth:concreteexpression "Engineer A must identify and present route alternatives that avoid or minimize harm to the farmhouse owner and historic property before recommending the shortest route that would require condemnation of an unwilling seller's 100-year-old family property, recognizing that causing unnecessary harm through professional recommendations violates the engineer's core ethical obligation" ;
proeth:confidence "0.9" ;
proeth:discoveredincase "123" ;
proeth:discoveredinpass "2" ;
proeth:discoveredinsection "facts" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredat "2026-02-27T23:59:09.575791+00:00" ;
proeth:firstdiscoveredincase "123" ;
proeth:generatedattime "2026-02-27T23:59:09.575791+00:00" ;
proeth:importance "high" ;
proeth:interpretation "The farmhouse owner's clear and expressed unwillingness to sell creates a heightened harm consideration — condemnation of an unwilling seller's historic family property causes significant human harm beyond mere financial compensation. Engineer A's do-no-harm obligation requires presenting alternatives that avoid this harm before recommending the harm-causing option" ;
proeth:invokedby "Engineer A Route Selection Design Engineer" ;
proeth:principleclass "Do No Harm Obligation in Professional Engineering Services" ;
proeth:sourcetext "the family has no interest in selling the farmhouse to the state or to anyone else. Engineer A is aware that the option exists for the state to exercise eminent domain and condemn the farmhouse and allow the state to proceed with the design and construction of the new route between the two towns." ;
proeth:tensionresolution "Do no harm requires Engineer A to present harm-avoiding alternatives; it does not prohibit recommending the shortest route if the state determines the public benefit justifies the harm, but requires that the harm be fully disclosed and alternatives presented" ;
proeth:textreferences "Engineer A is aware that the option exists for the state to exercise eminent domain and condemn the farmhouse",
"the family has no interest in selling the farmhouse to the state or to anyone else",
"the state would be required to address the impact to a historic family farmhouse that has existed for over 100 years on the land required for the route" ;
proeth:wasattributedto "Case 123 Extraction" ;
prov:generatedAtTime "2026-02-28T00:14:43.760261"^^xsd:dateTime ;
prov:wasGeneratedBy "ProEthica Case 123 Extraction" .
Metadata
Extraction details
Discovered in case
123
Discovered in pass
2
Discovered in section
facts
First discovered
2026-02-27T23:59:09.575791+00:00
First case
123
Generated
2026-02-27T23:59:09.575791+00:00
Attributed to
Case 123 Extraction
Generated
2026-02-28T00:14:43.760261
Generated by
ProEthica Case 123 Extraction